Not Tax-Funded Aid to Myanmar

Though any American is certainly welcome to contribute to the relief effort in Myanmar, no one should be forced to do so via his taxes or otherwise. It is a myth that there would not be sufficient aid to Myanmar without the government’s being involved in some way. Although I don’t often agree with President Bush, he is correct that “the American people are generous people and they’re a compassionate people.”

PRI Flat Tax Study Released

I realize purists will object to any advocacy of taxation besides absolute zero, but even so I encourage people to read at least the first few chapters of my new study (.pdf) on California tax reform. I know I was surprised at some of the charts, even though I already believed in marginal tax rate reductions for moral reasons.

The Intellectuals and Socialism

In all democratic countries, in the United States even more than elsewhere, a strong belief prevails that the influence of the intellectuals on politics is negligible. This is no doubt true of the power of intellectuals to make their peculiar opinions of the moment influence decisions, of the extent to which they can sway the popular vote on questions on which they differ from the current views of the masses. Yet over somewhat longer periods they have probably never exercised so great an influence as they do today in those countries.

A Mother’s Day Gift from the State

Mothers of Ohio, here you go. Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray is using your tax dollars to provide you with the gift you desired all along. Though, for some reason, you couldn’t recognize that desire -- a breakdown of Thymology I suppose. Regardless, here it is. Enjoy. Cordray knew you would. Thankfully, my mother lives in Florida and is unaware of Cordray trumping my measly gift. Well, at least I paid for mine. Hey, wait a minute, I paid for both!

The Fed’s War on the Middle Class

The middle class faces many important economic problems, but in reality they boil down to three current problems and one that looms large in our future. All four problems stem from a common cause — the Federal Reserve. History tells us that we either root out this cause or face economic demise. The first and most obvious problem is price inflation.

Mom or government?

It’s tornado season here in Ohio. This afternoon as a few funnel clouds were forming miles from my house, I received a call from my mother living in Florida. Seems she was not about to wait for her son to make his yearly Mother’s Day call as she had urgent news. CNN and other news outlets were reporting funnel clouds and tornados in central Ohio, with my county noted as a likely target. This was sometime before 2:00. I turned on the TV and hit the web for detailed updates. Luckily, the storms passed overhead without even a significant touchdown.

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